CVE-2026-21824: CWE-266 Incorrect privilege assignment in HCLSoftware Commerce
HCL Commerce contains an privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow denial of service, disclosure of user personal data, and performing of unauthorized administrative operations.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in HCLSoftware Commerce involves incorrect privilege assignment, enabling privilege escalation. Exploitation could lead to denial of service, exposure of personal user data, and unauthorized administrative operations. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.8, indicating high impact with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no user interaction required. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No patch or official remediation level has been published at this time, and no known exploits are reported in the wild.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can result in denial of service, unauthorized disclosure of personal user data, and execution of administrative operations without proper authorization. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict access to the affected system to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity related to privilege escalation attempts.
CVE-2026-21824: CWE-266 Incorrect privilege assignment in HCLSoftware Commerce
Description
HCL Commerce contains an privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow denial of service, disclosure of user personal data, and performing of unauthorized administrative operations.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in HCLSoftware Commerce involves incorrect privilege assignment, enabling privilege escalation. Exploitation could lead to denial of service, exposure of personal user data, and unauthorized administrative operations. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.8, indicating high impact with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no user interaction required. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No patch or official remediation level has been published at this time, and no known exploits are reported in the wild.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can result in denial of service, unauthorized disclosure of personal user data, and execution of administrative operations without proper authorization. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict access to the affected system to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity related to privilege escalation attempts.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- HCL
- Date Reserved
- 2026-01-05T16:08:22.254Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a5e3e5d2a4a8d5989464d8a
Added to database: 07/20/2026, 15:27:25 UTC
Last enriched: 07/20/2026, 15:42:18 UTC
Last updated: 07/21/2026, 07:40:55 UTC
Views: 16
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